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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gilmer , George Rockingham 1790 -1859 (search)
Gilmer, George Rockingham 1790-1859
Lawyer; born in Wilkes (now Oglethorpe) county, Ga., April 11, 1790.
He was made lieutenant of the 43d Infantry in 1813, and sent against the Creek Indians; was governor of Georgia in 1829-31 and 1837-39.
He was the author of Georgians (a historical work). He died in Lexington, Ga., Nov. 15, 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Goodrich , Charles Augustus 1790 -1862 (search)
Goodrich, Charles Augustus 1790-1862
Clergyman; born in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1790; graduated at Yale College in 1812.
His publications include Lives of the signers; History of the United States of America; Child's history of the United States; Great events of American history, etc. He died in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 4, 1862.
Goodrich, Charles Augustus 1790-1862
Clergyman; born in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1790; graduated at Yale College in 1812.
His publications include Lives of the signers; History of the United States of America; Child's history of the United States; Great events of American history, etc. He died in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 4, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Graham , George 1772 -1830 (search)
Graham, George 1772-1830
Lawyer; born in Dumfries, Va., about 1772; graduated at Columbia College in 1790; began the practice of law in Dumfries, but later settled in Fairfax county, where he recruited the Fairfax light-horse which he led in the War of 1812.
He was acting Secretary of War in 1815-18; and was then sent on a perilous mission to Galveston Island, where General Lallemande, the chief of artillery in Napoleon's army, had founded a colony with 600 armed settlers, whom he persuaded to give up their undertaking and submit to the United States government.
He is also said to have been instrumental in saving the government $250,000 by successfully concluding the Indian factorage affairs.
He died in Washington, D. C., in August, 1830.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grahame , James 1790 -1842 (search)
Grahame, James 1790-1842
Historian; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 21, 1790; graduated at Cambridge University; and admitted to the Scottish bar in 1812.
His publications include History of the rise and progress of the United States of North America till the British Revolution of 1688; Who is to blame? or cursory review of the American apology for American accession to negro slavery, etc. He died in London, England, July 3, 1842.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gray , Robert 1755 -1806 (search)
Gray, Robert 1755-1806
Explorer; born in Tiverton, R. I., in 1755; was captain of the Washington, which was sent in 1787 to the northwest coast to trade with the Indians by a number of Boston merchants.
In 1790 he returned by way of the Pacific Ocean on board the Columbia, which vessel had accompanied the Washington, and was thus the first to sail around the world under the American flag.
Later he made a second trip to the Northwest, and on May 11, 1791, discovered the mouth of the great river, which he named Columbia.
He died in Charleston, S. C., in 1806.
Hall, Lyman 1725-1790
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Connecticut in 1725; graduated at Yale College in 1747, and, becoming a physician, established himself at Sunbury, Ga., where he was very successful.
He was a member of the Georgia convention in 1774-75, and was influential in causing Georgia to join the other colonies.
He was a delegate to Congress in March, 1775, from the parish of St. John, and in July was elected a delegate by the provincial convention of Georgia.
He remained in Congress until 1780, when the invasion of the State caused him to hasten home.
He was governor of Georgia in 1783, and died in Burke county, Ga., Oct. 19, 1790.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Halleck , Fitz-greene 1790 -1867 (search)
Halleck, Fitz-greene 1790-1867
Poet; born in Guilford, Conn., July 8, 1790; became a clerk in the banking-house of Jacob Barker at the age of eighteen years; and was long a confidential clerk with John Jacob Astor, who made him one of the first trustees of the Astor Library.
From early boyhood he wrote verses.
With Joseph Rodman Drake, he wrote the humorous series known as The Croker papers for the Evening post in 1819.
His longest poem, Fanny, a satire upon the literature and politics of the times, was published in 1821.
The next year he went to Europe, and in 1827 his Alnwick Castle, Marco Bozzaris, and other poems were published in a volume.
Halleck was a genuine poet, but he wrote comparatively little.
His pieces of importance are only thirty-two in number, and altogether
Fitz-Greene Halleck. comprise only about 4,000 lines.
Yet he wrote with great facility.
His Fanny, in the measure of Byron's Don Juan, was completed and printed within three weeks after it was begun
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton , Alexander 1757 - (search)
Hand, Edward 1744-
Military officer; born in Clyduff, King's co., Ireland, Dec. 31, 1744; came to America in the 8th Royal Irish Regiment, in 1774, as surgeon's mate; resigned his post on his arrival, and settled in Pennsylvania for the practice of the medical profession.
He joined a regiment as lieutenant-colonel at the outbreak of the Revolution, and served in the siege of Boston.
Made colonel in 1776, he led his regiment in the battle on Long Island, and also at Trenton.
In April, 1777, he was appointed brigadier-general; and in October, 1778, succeeded Stark in command at Albany.
In Sullivan's campaign against the Indians, in 1779, he was an active participant.
Near the close of 1780, Hand succeeded Scammnel as adjutant-general.
He was a member of Congress in 1784-85, and assisted in the formation of the constitution of Pennsylvania in 1790.
He (lied in Rockford, Lancaster co., Pa., Sept. 3. 1802.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harmar , Josiah 1753 -1813 (search)